Engineering Project Support — Path to Project Manager

Confidential; Duxford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential, a UK-based engineering and technology firm, is seeking a proactive Project Management Assistant in Cambridgeshire. The role supports multiple project managers with day-to-day coordination, documentation, and resource scheduling within a technical, engineering environment.

You will help improve processes and systems, with potential to take on smaller projects and grow toward a Project Manager position over time.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project administration or coordination
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across teams
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support across multiple projects.
• Maintain project plans, trackers, documentation and resource schedules.
• Coordinate updates from engineering teams and ensure project progress is accurately recorded.
• Assist with budget tracking, expenditure forecasting and financial reporting.
• Maintain action, risk and issue logs, ensuring outstanding activities are followed up.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Confidential, a UK-based engineering and technology firm, is seeking a proactive Project Management Assistant in Cambridgeshire. The role supports multiple project managers with day-to-day coordination, documentation, and resource scheduling within a technical, engineering environment.

You will help improve processes and systems, with potential to take on smaller projects and grow toward a Project Manager position over time.